The post is up to +3 now. Having been vindicated, I would like to hazard the further guess that some of the early downvotes were from people who understood the parable perfectly well, but found that the fox’s behavior was uncomfortably similar to their own and didn’t want to admit it.
Clearly there’s a time lag here—some people are downvoting the post quickly. Other people are upvoting the post because of the downvotes. And some other people are voting slowly. Apparently your post appeals differently to the two groups on the ends. Although if the middle group notices that the post is now positive, they might put you back in downvote-land.
The post is up to +3 now. Having been vindicated, I would like to hazard the further guess that some of the early downvotes were from people who understood the parable perfectly well, but found that the fox’s behavior was uncomfortably similar to their own and didn’t want to admit it.
Hm, upvoted, eh?
Clearly there’s a time lag here—some people are downvoting the post quickly. Other people are upvoting the post because of the downvotes. And some other people are voting slowly. Apparently your post appeals differently to the two groups on the ends. Although if the middle group notices that the post is now positive, they might put you back in downvote-land.